Beckerman: 31 books
Killennials
A Novella
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
Adjunct professor Olivia has no savings, no stability, no hope...oh, and she's still living at home with her father, the university dean. Meanwhile, sky-high tuition is wrecking her students' lives. The solution? Kidnap the out-of-touch baby boomers running the school and demand cancellation of all...
by Ilene Beckerman
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2005
Ilene "Gingy" Beckerman's beloved and bestselling book has been adapted for the stage by Nora and Delia Ephron. The star-studded Off-Broadway show is receiving rave reviews, as did the book:
“Illuminates the experience of an entire generation of women. . . . This small gem of a...
by Ilene Beckerman
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2005
"During my life, I've spent thousands of hours and thousands of dollars on my hair, my makeup, and my clothes, trying to look prettier because I grew up believing that pretty girls had happier lives."
"I'd be a lot happier now if I had that time and that money back."
Ilene...
Lost in Suburbia: A Momoir
How I Got Pregnant, Lost Myself, and Got My Cool Back in the New Jersey Suburbs
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
It’s a suburban jungle out there
When syndicated columnist Tracy Beckerman trades in her TV job and cool NYC existence for the New Jersey suburbs, she doesn’t expect to also trade in her entire identity. But her new life as a stay-at-home mom knocks her for a loop in more ways than one....
When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone
The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
The “remarkable” story of the grass-roots movement that freed millions of Jews from the Soviet Union (The Plain Dealer).
At the end of World War II, nearly three million Jews were trapped inside the USSR. They lived a paradox—unwanted by a repressive Stalinist state, yet forbidden to...
The Sonic Boom
How Sound Transforms the Way We Think, Feel, and Buy
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
A fascinating study on the influence of sound—and how companies wrangle its power to affect our moods, our shopping habits, and our lives.
From movie scores and national anthems to cell-phone dings and squeaky shoes, sound and music impact how we perceive the stories, situations, and products...
Generation S.L.U.T.
A Brutal Feel-up Session with Today's Sex-Crazed Adolescent Populace
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
The first exploration of the sex lives of modern teens, as reported from the frontlines by twenty-year-old Marty Beckerman.
Innovatively combining fact and fiction, the book is filled with mind-shattering stats, news reports, and confessions from adolescents nationwide about the new American "Hook-Up...
Dumbocracy
Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right, and Other American Idiots
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
In every election year, we hear much about the all-powerful bases of each major party. Who are these activists? What drives them? And why are they all equally dangerous to our lives, liberties, and pursuits of happiness? In Dumbocracy, journalist Marty Beckerman spends four years with foot soldiers...
'90s Island
A Novella
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
On the eve of their thirtieth birthday, twin brothers Jake and Zack Hind—bankrupt from the recession and obsessed with the lost golden era of the 1990s—drunkenly create a Kickstarter crowdfunding page for ’90s ISLAND, a tropical commune dedicated to recreating that beloved, carefree decade....
The Heming Way
How to Unleash the Booze-Inhaling, Animal-Slaughtering, War-Glorifying, Hairy-Chested Retro-Sexual Legend Within, Just Like Papa!
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Marty Beckerman's hilarious guide for the modern man to booze, battle, and bull-fight his way to becoming more like Hemingway
More than fifty years have passed since the death of Ernest Hemingway, history's ultimate man, and young males today—obsessed with Facebook, Twitter, and Playstation—know...
by Howard Beckerman
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Professional animator Howard Beckerman has drawn them all: Popeye, Heckle & Jeckle, even Mickey Mouse. In Animation, he offers a road map to the complex art of making an animated feature. Vivid sketches, screen shots, and step-by-step illustrations show how to make a drawing come to life, create storyboards,...
by Ilene Beckerman
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
Ilene Beckerman’s first book “illuminates the experience of an entire generation of women,” wrote the New York Times Book Review in a full page of praise for Love, Loss, and What I Wore. It became a bestseller and inspired the hit Off-Broadway play by the same name. Now, Gingy returns with her...
by Ilene Beckerman
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 1997
Looking for love isn't easy, and it's never what you expect. WHAT WE DO FOR LOVE is a reminder of how true that is. Unlucky in love herself, "Gingy" Beckerman shows us there is always reason to keep trying. "Recaptures in words and line drawings young love in all its glorious agony...
Mother of the Bride
The Dream, the Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2005
“An account that is sweetly sentimental and brutally honest, touching and witty—in short, a true gem.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“A work that adds great luster to an already golden event.” — The Memphis Commercial Appeal
“Her prose is spare, but rich with meaning...